Delnice ( Croatian pronunciation: [děːlnit͡se̞] ) is a town in western Croatia , the largest settlement in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar , in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County . The town has a population of 4,379, and total municipality population is 5,952 (2011). Delnice is Gorski Kotar 's main town.
7-598: The municipality consists of the following settlements : The town was first mentioned in a 1482 document issued by Sabor, the Croatian Parliament . In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Delnice was a district capital in the Modruš-Rijeka County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia . Delnice is well connected to numerous local and national destinations by train and bus. Rijeka (Croatia's third largest city)
14-584: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Naselja Settlements in Croatia , in Croatian naselje ( pl. naselja ) are the third-level spatial division of the country, and usually indicate existing or former human settlement . Each Croatian city or town ( grad , pl. gradovi ) or municipality ( općina , pl. općine ) consists of one or more settlements. A settlement can be part of only one second-level spatial division, whose territory
21-581: Is half an hour away by road. Delnice and the surrounding county of Gorski Kotar's pristine nature offer a plethora of outdoor opportunities for an active vacation. Some of the activities include cycling, mountain climbing, rock climbing, running, hiking, cross-country running, skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, camping, kayaking, river rafting and hunting. Delnice has many shops, bars and restaurants. 45°24′N 14°48′E / 45.400°N 14.800°E / 45.400; 14.800 This Primorje-Gorski Kotar County geography article
28-430: Is the sum of exclusive settlement territories. Settlements are not necessarily incorporated places , as second-level local authorities (towns and municipalities), known as jedinice lokalne samouprave , delegate some of their functions to so-called jedinice mjesne samouprave ( gradski kotar , gradska četvrt , or područje mjesnog odbora ). The Croatian Bureau of Statistics publishes their decennial census data on
35-681: Is usually named by the largest or most urban settlement and typically includes several rural settlements. The Constitution of Croatia allows a naselje or a part thereof to form some form of local government . This form of local government is typically used to subdivide larger municipalities and cities; municipality may comprise several units named mjesni odbor (local committee/board), a city usually consists of several units (which may comprise one or more settlements) named gradski kotar/gradska četvrt ( city district or borough ; pl. gradski kotari/gradske četvrti ), and/or mjesni odbor (local committee/board; pl. mjesni odbori ). Historically,
42-607: The basis of official settlement (naselje) data from the Register of Spatial Units by the State Geodetic Administration. As of 2023 , there are 6 757 settlements in Croatia. Rural individual settlements are usually referred to as selo (village; pl. sela ). Municipalities (or communes) in Croatia comprise one or more either urban or rural settlements. A city usually includes an eponymous large settlement and several urban, suburban or rural settlements. A municipality
49-404: The methodology of delineating settlements in Croatia changed substantially in the first decade after World War II , when the number of settlements was recorded at 12,044 in the 1948 census, but then reduced to 6,704 in the 1953 census. At the time, the definition of a settlement was an inhabited place with a separate name, an independent settlement was a settlement that had a distinct territory, and
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